President Obama is set to visit New Orleans this week and while he may have been seen as worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize he was also seen as deserving a “D+” for his post-election response to the continued suffering of victims of a post-Katrina levee breech. These, and issues of media, political activism, as well as, the Black Is Back Coalition were discussed this evening on a panel consisting of Glen Ford of BlackAgendaReport.com, Dr. Wilmer J. Leon of Howard University and On With Leon, and Jared Ball of Morgan State University and VoxUnion Media.
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If there were any kind of justice in this nation, George W. Bush wouldn’t be living in a new exclusive $2 million house. He’d be in prison for negligence, murder, war crimes, torture and treason.
Just look at all of the millions of Americans who have lost their homes – and not just those in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Then, there are those who have lost their jobs and 401-K savings because of his policies and incompetence.